In February 2016, the band announced the release of their sixth studio album, Delusions of Grand Fur, through new record label Easy Sound Recording Company (created in 2014 and home to Fruit Bats, Futurebirds, Vetiver, and Marianne Faithfull, among others). Signing to Easy Sound Recording Company and Delusions of Grand Fur Rogue Wave announced the release of their fifth studio album, Nightingale Floors, on March 27 via their Facebook page. It was released on Mathrough Brushfire Records. On NovemZach Rogue announced the release date for their fourth full-length album, Permalight. The film was featured on the show " Independent Lens" on PBS. The band is featured extensively in the documentary, D-Tour, produced and directed by Jim Granato, which chronicles Spurgeon's struggles with kidney disease and his wait for a transplant. Patrick Abernethy joined the band in 2007 to take Farrell's place on bass and was later replaced by Cameron Jasper in 2009. Farrell himself had replaced original bassist Sonya Westcott in 2004. He left behind a wife and two young children. Awakened by Evan's warnings, he was unable to rescue him when forced from the house by the flames.
Farrell died soon after on Decemin Oakland CA, suffering from "massive smoke inhalation" in an apartment fire caused by a dangerously obsolete gas-fired floor furnace. Patrick Abernethy was formerly a keyboard player with Beulah before joining Rogue Wave.ĭeparture and death of Evan Farrell Įvan Farrell left Rogue Wave after the recording of Asleep at Heaven's Gate to pursue his other project, The Japonize Elephants, but remained a friend of the band. Įvan Farrell played with The Japonize Elephants, Mega Mousse, Amaldecor, Big Mule, Hunted Haunted Bazergahn Klezmorchestra, Grande Rouge, Kentucky Nightmare, Mama HooHoo. Sonya Westcott was in the band Venus Bleeding before her time with Rogue Wave. He currently plays with Outer Embassy and composes for film and commercials. Gram LeBron has been involved in the bands Com Jr, Get Better, The Album Leaf, Port O'Brien, Long and Golden, schrasj, Sad Like Crazy, Conundrum, Jessica Six, All Transistor and has also released solo work as Golden Gram. Patrick Spurgeon has played with bands Churches, Pancho San, Somehow at Sea, Antenna, Stranded at the Drive In, Ramona the Pest, Brando, Steve Kowalski, Lessick, and has also released solo work as The Phantom Drummer. At the end of 2002, while preparing the album for release, Zach rounded out the band's lineup with the addition of Patrick Spurgeon (drums, keys, samples, vocals) Sonya Westcott (bass, vocals), and Gram LeBron (guitar, keys, vocals).
After returning to the Bay Area with a nearly completed record in hand, Zach decided to leave his former band, the Bay Area-based Desoto Reds, in which he played guitar, and form his own group. He came away with an album's worth of material that would later become Rogue Wave's debut, Out of the Shadow. In early 2002, Zach Rogue decided to take some time off from his home base of San Francisco and set off with a one-way ticket to New York in March with the intention of recording one or two songs with friend Bill Racine. History Formation of Rogue Wave and other projects
Their most recent album, Cover Me, was released on February 17, 2017, through Easy Sound Recording Company. In the fall of 2004 they went on a national tour of the United States. Their first album was Out of the Shadow which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004. Zach Rogue) who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, and headed by Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Rogue Wave singer Zach Rogue performing with the band in 2007Įasy Sound Recording Company (2016-present)
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